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A development blog of what Con Kolivas is doing with code at the moment with the emphasis on linux kernel, MuQSS, BFS and -ck.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
BFS 0.373 test
Apply to a 0.363 patched kernel:
Thanks to those who have tested and reported back so far!
UPDATE: Throughput benchmark results on a 6 core AMD courtesy of Serge Belyshev:
I am planning on posting latency benchmarks soon too.
47 comments:
I've just decided to test your patch... it looks working but I noticed a little problem. Scrolling on longer web pages in Chromium is not so smooth like it was with BFS 0.363.
I'm using Gentoo, linux kernel 188.8.131.52 with your patchset and ondemand CPU governor. My CPU is Intel Core i5-520m.
- Anonymous4 April 2011 at 03:30
Are you sure its bfs related? I had kernel panic resuming from hibernation, and slower 2d rendering with 126.96.36.199. I even tried the latest patches (184.108.40.206pre) and the problems were still there. 18.104.22.168 works flawlessly with bfs-373.ReplyDelete
@vojta - not sure how you feel about Chrome extensions but smoothscroll from the Chrome Web store seems to help the browser scrolling issue. I'm not sure if it is totally related to bfs as google shows some hits about this issue outside of bfs.ReplyDelete
Well, I have slower 2d after hibernation with all kernels since beginning on this notebook but after reboot everything work fine.ReplyDelete
However, when I start with kernel 184.108.40.206 and BFS 363 everything works fine but when I start same kernel with 373 it is slower than with 363. I'm going to try kernel 22.214.171.124 with BFS 373.
@Texstar: I've tried that extension and it isn't smooth with BFS 373 and 188.8.131.52, either.ReplyDelete
I'm compilling 18.104.22.168 now and it looks that under heavy load (make -j4) scrolling is more smoother than when CPU is idle.ReplyDelete
Same with 188.8.131.52. Btw, I apologize for so many posts.. :/ReplyDelete
No apology necessary. I appreciate the feedback. I assume you're sure it's clearly going from 363 to 373 that you have the issue? What happens with the performance governor? Also I do notice the nvidia+kde+compositing issue comes back more quickly with 373 (presumably because it's brought on by some race condition that is exaggerated with the lower rr interval on 373). Is it slower right from the start or does it get slower with further usage? I'd be somewhat surprised to learn that it would slower under the conditions you describe but anything's possible. The processor you describe is very similar to the i7 620M I run and I have the opposite experience.ReplyDelete
Yes, I'm sure it's difference between 363 and 373. I've tested it couple times. And I have nvidia and I'm using KDE and compositing. :/ When I use BFS 363 CPU is still on the lowest frequency 1199 MHz, but with BFS 373 it is scaling up a little. And yes, it is slowed right from start.ReplyDelete
However, a while ago I did some magic with X restarts and switching to console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back and suddenly it was working fine with BFS 373. After reboot it is slowed again. So, I guess it will be related to nvidia drivers or something around.
Aha well that's what I found too. So the problem is not BFS at all, it's just exacerbating the long term nvidia+kde+compositing problem. To me this is not a 373 regression at all. This is a very frustrating combination of problems that has been around for a while now as you can see I've been complaining about it too. It's both good and bad. Good because BFS is not responsible, but bad because BFS will make it happen sooner. However I can't very well "slow down BFS" just to avoid the problem.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 April 2011 at 12:06
The problems I had with kernel 184.108.40.206 (Anonymous above) are related to two patches in 188.8.131.52. These are drm-i915-disable-pagefaults-along-execbuffer-relocation-fast-path.patch (rendering) and x86-cleanup-highmap-after-brk-is-concluded.patch (hibernation). By reversing those patches, everything works ok now. Just post it here in case anyone is interested about it.ReplyDelete
@ck: I understand that you can't "slow down BFS" because of this nvidia+kde+compositing problem. I hope I will find at least some workaround (switching to console etc.) to avoid slowed 2d. Anyway, thank you for these patches. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks. I find switching VTs the most effective way of fixing it, immediately after logging in. It's far less common on kde4.6 but it sure is freaking annoying that they haven't nailed what the problem is yet. I haven't tried 4.6.1 yet.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 April 2011 at 05:49
Are you seeing this with the latest beta nvidia drivers as well as stable (270.30 vs. 260.44.19)?ReplyDelete
Been compiling all afternoon in mass using 22.214.171.124 + ck1 + bfs v0.373 and no crashes. 0.373 looks like a great improvement stability wise over 0.372. Will 0.373 go into ck2-patchset any time soon or do you see additional testing as required before the release?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 April 2011 at 06:37
works nicely on zen kernel. multitasking feels nicer than bfs 0.360, which for some reason worked better than 363 in zen kernel. ondemand governor definitely has better performance.ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: I've tested it only with beta drivers 270.18. I'm going to test 270.30 and then the stable one.ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone for your testing.ReplyDelete
I use the latest stable nvidia driver myself.
@graysky : I'm pretty sure that 373 is stable, but I'm being extra cautious this time. I'm planning on not changing the code itself any further, but I'll likely update the documentation and comments to reflect the changes in the code, and then push the version number up signifying the magnitude of change. Either way, I'd say it would almost certainly be safe to include this in a new package.
- Ralph Ulrich5 April 2011 at 08:26
Works here with nvidia-270.30-beta.ReplyDelete
I doubt anyone knows for sure what BFS does regarding:
latency - throughput - energy efficiency
Less latency is a sort of attention which costs energy and throughput. This is not known by people on zen kernel discussion forums arguing their BFS patched kernel compiles longer time and is not performant. What is performance? Differs what you expect from this "parole".
We need some tools to exactly measure effects!
@Ralph: Indeed, performance on a desktop is NOT just throughput. I care a lot about interactivity, responsiveness AND throughput. It's my aim to primarily get good interactivity and responsiveness, while still preserving good throughput. I have posted some 6 core throughput benchmarks in the main post now, and I will be posting some latency benchmarks once they're at hand.ReplyDelete
- Ralph Ulrich5 April 2011 at 08:52
@Con, I would like to have some tools: As advanced user i like to experiment and would like to exactly see effects.ReplyDelete
Some days ago I asked for the scheduler plugin (mainline), which you have bad feelings about, I know. But I like to test development kernels as soon as linux-rc3 is out. Such a plugin would make it feasable for me to patch a development kernel, probably ...
Sorry Ralph, the fully pluggable scheduler is almost more work to maintain than BFS itself which is why I gave it away a long time ago. I have to minimise my workload and to do that I can only dedicate time to keeping in sync whenever a new "stable" 3 point release kernel comes out.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 April 2011 at 16:24
When using 22.214.171.124 with CFS or BFS 0.363,
it works well. However, if I apply BFS 0.373 test, it alwayas happens kernel panic at on booting shows that:
EIP is at this_cpu_load...
call trace:
I ever tried to disable ACPI by the parameter "acpi=off", and it could boot successfully.
This machine is UP (AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+) with the following configurations:
Most interesting! Thanks for testing on UP.ReplyDelete
Does applying this on top fix it?
- Anonymous5 April 2011 at 19:50
This patch fixes the issue.ReplyDelete
CK - Bad news with v0.373 vs. v0.363 with regard to x264 encoding. I have seen approx a 7 % increase in total encode time (takes longer) and a corresponding average fps decease when comparing 184.108.40.206 with ck1 (v0.363) and 188.8.131.52 with ck1 (v0.373). The result is that v0.373 makes x264 encoding slower when compared to v0.363 :(ReplyDelete
Everything except the bfs version was held constant.
I can post or email you a bash script I use for x264 benchmarks if you want to try it for yourself.
- Ralph Ulrich6 April 2011 at 05:12
> Sorry Ralph, the fully pluggable scheduler is almost more work to maintainReplyDelete
Thnx for explanation. When I saw your BFS scheduler mostly residing in one file, I thought it would be easy to gain a plugin ....
@graysky: I'm aware it's a tiny bit slower when heavily loaded with ondemand enabled, and also the default rr interval is now lower. Can you confirm the slowdown is only with ondemand? See the benchmarks above to see it's actually faster on that machine/performance.ReplyDelete
Sorry, CK. Similar results when manually forcing performance multiplier. 6 % decrease in fps and 6 % increase in encode time. This isn't a one-off the script has 5 replicates and the data for all 5 runs is very tight. The decrease is statistically significant.ReplyDelete
Please let me know if you want my bash script and sample 720p video for testing on your boxes.
Ooh in that case it may just be the change in rr interval. It's now 6 on all machines. Can you try resetting it to what it was on previous BFS? If you're on dual core it would be 9, if on quad core it would be 12 and so onReplyDelete
echo 12 > /proc/sys/kernel/rr_interval
I bumped it to 12 since this is an X3360 and re-ran. Same 7 % decrease as seen with the stock setting of 6 :(ReplyDelete
That's okay, your hardware may well respond well to the cache distance in previous BFS. I'll spin another patch for you try soon when you find the time. This is why testing is so important. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Here you go. Could you please try this patch on top? It brings back the cache_distance feature which I tried to get rid of by just caring about sticky tasks.ReplyDelete
CK - Patched 126.96.36.199 in this order:ReplyDelete
1) ck1
2) bfs363-373-test
3) bfs373-reinstate-cache_distance
Rebooted to fresh kernel and redid test, result: same 7 % decrease in performance vs. v0.363 :(
Hmm, something's not holding here and I can't quite put my finger on it. Are you comparing the results of 1) and 3) above, or just BFS363? I have better performance on 2.6.35 versus 2.6.38 and I just want to be absolutely certain the only thing different is the patch 2) above. If you revert to ck1 do you get the 7% back?ReplyDelete
I'm confused. Is this what you want me to do:ReplyDelete
Experiment #1 - 126.96.36.199 + CK1
Experiment #2 - 184.108.40.206 + CK1 + bfs363-373-test
Experiment #3 - 18.104.22.168 + CK1 + bfs363-373-test + bfs373-reinsate-cache_distance
Experiment #4 - 126.96.36.199 + CK1 + bfs373-reinsate-cache_distance
All with ondemand gov? Please spell out any thing else you'd like to see and I'll gladly run them!
No I just wanted to confirm that your comparison was experiment 1 and 2 in your latest comment.ReplyDelete
Okay CK. I ran the following experiments and attached links to the data.ReplyDelete
#1 - bfs363
#2 - bfs373
#3 - bfs374
#4 - bfs374+rr_interval set to 12
All are with kernel-220.127.116.11 with CK1 patchset and various versions of bfs using ondemand gov on my quad core machine using a different 720p60 mpg clip (this one is 1 min long and is different from the one I emailed to you). I ran them 5 times per kernel to get a good set.
As you can see, bfs363 is the fastest in both encode time and throughput.
bfs373 and bfs374 are both about 6 % slower than bfs363.
If I jack he rr_int from 6 to 12 on bfs374, the decrease drops to about 4 % slower. Still, the newer bfs' are statistically significantly slower than bfs363 for x264 encoding :(
I posted the data to this google spreadsheet and provided some barcharts and boxplots with statistics.
Hmm interesting. I was doing the benchmarks myself on x264 but this time I tried your script.ReplyDelete
I get a 4.7% drop in speed going from performance to ondemand governor, but I get the same throughput with performance on 363 as I do with 373.
for i in `seq 0 3` ; do echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$i/cpufreq/scaling_governor ; done
Average speed (fps) : 36.48 (0.0375)
for i in `seq 0 3` ; do echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$i/cpufreq/scaling_governor ; done
Average speed (fps) : 38.18 (0.2190)
As I said I am getting a slowdown on ondemand, but I don't see a slowdown with performance governor going from 363 to 373. On the other hand, I see a speedup going from 2.6.38 to 2.6.35 with the same bfs as well.
Oh and I should have said, I am trying to make up the performance with ondemand, but it's difficult to get the performance at low loads -and- high loads working optimally as fixing one tends to offset the other. But it hasn't stopped me trying (and I still am trying).ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 April 2011 at 12:22
Using BFS v363 I get a trace (see below) at boot time. There is no kernel panic. In fact, the system works apparently fine after the boot.ReplyDelete
Using mainline 126.96.36.199 there is no trace. When I patch BFS v363 the trace appears. This trace seems to depend only on BFS v363, but do _not_ depends on any other CK patches, neither the bfs363-373 patch.
$ dmesg | grep -B5 -A50 here
[ 4.287135] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.287217] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 4.287222] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 4.287225] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 4.287230] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 4.325120] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 4.325126] WARNING: at kernel/irq/manage.c:291 __enable_irq+0x32/0x5b()
[ 4.325128] Hardware name: Infoway
[ 4.325129] Unbalanced enable for IRQ 16
[ 4.325130] Modules linked in: tpm_tis tpm tpm_bios ehci_hcd(+) uhci_hcd(+) r8169 parport_pc parport processor button snd_timer snd_seq_device mii usbcore jmicron(+) snd soundcore snd_page_alloc intel_gtt agpgart reiserfs sd_mod ata_generic ata_piix libata ide_pci_generic ide_core evdev thermal fan thermal_sys
[ 4.325142] Pid: 875, comm: modprobe Not tainted 22.214.171.124 #4
[ 4.325144] Call Trace:
[ 4.325148] [] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x65/0x7a
[ 4.325150] [] ? __enable_irq+0x32/0x5b
[ 4.325152] [] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x26/0x2a
[ 4.325154] [] ? __enable_irq+0x32/0x5b
[ 4.325156] [] ? enable_irq+0x60/0x80
[ 4.325165] [] ? ide_probe_port+0x4cb/0x4f1 [ide_core]
[ 4.325172] [] ? ide_host_register+0x211/0x513 [ide_core]
[ 4.325179] [] ? ide_pci_init_two+0x4dc/0x594 [ide_core]
[ 4.325184] [] ? idr_get_empty_slot+0x144/0x215
[ 4.325186] [] ? ida_get_new_above+0xcc/0x166
[ 4.325189] [] ? get_parent_ip+0xb/0x31
[ 4.325191] [] ? get_parent_ip+0xb/0x31
[ 4.325194] [] ? set_memory_wb+0xb/0x3a
[ 4.325200] [] ? ide_pci_init_one+0xd/0xf [ide_core]
[ 4.325204] [] ? jmicron_init_one+0xf/0x11 [jmicron]
[ 4.325207] [] ? local_pci_probe+0x3e/0x81
[ 4.325209] [] ? pci_device_probe+0x43/0x66
[ 4.325213] [] ? driver_probe_device+0x8f/0x117
[ 4.325216] [] ? __driver_attach+0x43/0x5f
[ 4.325218] [] ? bus_for_each_dev+0x3d/0x67
[ 4.325220] [] ? driver_attach+0x14/0x16
[ 4.325222] [] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x5f
[ 4.325224] [] ? bus_add_driver+0x9b/0x1cb
[ 4.325226] [] ? driver_register+0x7c/0xe3
[ 4.325230] [] ? notifier_call_chain+0x26/0x48
[ 4.325232] [] ? __pci_register_driver+0x38/0x95
[ 4.325235] [] ? jmicron_ide_init+0x17/0x19 [jmicron]
[ 4.325237] [] ? do_one_initcall+0x71/0x11c
[ 4.325239] [] ? jmicron_ide_init+0x0/0x19 [jmicron]
[ 4.325243] [] ? sys_init_module+0xcd3/0xe5f
[ 4.325247] [] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28
[ 4.325249] ---[ end trace 26fc71af13f32d63 ]---
[ 4.325280] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[ 4.326032] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000f900
[ 4.326056] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 4.326057] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 4.326059] usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 4.326060] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 188.8.131.52 uhci_hcd
[ 4.326062] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 4.326126] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.326129] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.326786] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[ 4.330051] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 4.330065] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: setting latency timer to 64
- Anonymous7 April 2011 at 12:26
I forgot to say that using the same BFS v363 with mainline 188.8.131.52 there is no trace at all. My system is a Debian lenny (oldstable) box.ReplyDelete
@graysky: Okay I found something that's worth a few more cycles:ReplyDelete
Does this help?
@Anonymous: Offhand I'm not sure what to make of that warning. Does everything still work?
Hi, CK. I find regression on my eee 901(atom cpu) using 373 test patch.ReplyDelete
When compiling git/pidgin, top shows that there about 6~10%idle using 373 testing. While using 363 it gives me near 0%idle.
On the other hand, when 373 runs on intel core2 duo cpu, it also give me near 0%idle.
So, I think the regression is related to HT?
I'll find some time to test your new 376 patch.
Hi Alfred. Thanks for testing, I'm pretty sure that regression has been addressed in 376.ReplyDelete
Thanks. Confirmed that the regression is gone away in 376.ReplyDelete
Great, thanks for confirming it.ReplyDelete


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Monday, 25 February 2013 05:05 PM EST
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96.
An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute, Susan Wills, said he died Monday in Hanover, where he had a home. She didn't disclose his cause of death.
Koop wielded the previously low-profile post of surgeon general as a bully pulpit for seven years during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations.
An evangelical Christian, he shocked his conservative supporters when he endorsed condoms and sex education to stop the spread of AIDS.
He carried out a crusade to end smoking in the United States — his goal had been to do so by the year 2000. A former pipe smoker, he said cigarettes were as addictive as heroin and cocaine.
Koop's impact was great, although the surgeon general has no real authority to set government policy. He described himself as "the health conscience of the country."
"My only influence was through moral suasion," Koop said just before leaving office in 1989. By then, his Amish-style silver beard and white, braided uniform were instantly recognizable.
Out of office, he switched to business suits and bow ties, but continued to promote public health causes, from preventing childhood accidents to better training for doctors.
"I will use the written word, the spoken word and whatever I can in the electronic media to deliver health messages to this country as long as people will listen," he promised.
In 1996, he rapped Republican hopeful Bob Dole for suggesting that tobacco is not invariably addictive, saying Dole's comments "either exposed his abysmal lack of knowledge of nicotine addiction or his blind support of the tobacco industry."
Although he eventually won wide respect with his blend of old-fashioned values, pragmatism and empathy, Koop's nomination in 1981 met a wall of opposition from women's groups and liberal politicians.
Critics said President Reagan selected Koop, a pediatric surgeon from Philadelphia, only because of his conservative views — especially his staunch opposition to abortion.
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But Koop, a devout Presbyterian, was confirmed after he told a Senate panel he would not use the surgeon general's post to promote his religious ideology. He kept his word.
In 1986, he issued a frank report on AIDS, urging the use of condoms for "safe sex" and advocating sex education as early as third grade.
He also maneuvered around uncooperative Reagan administration officials in 1988 to send an educational AIDS pamphlet to more than 100 million U.S. households — the largest public health mailing ever done.
Koop personally opposed homosexuality and believed sex should be saved for marriage. But he insisted that Americans, especially young people, must not die because they were deprived of explicit information about how the HIV virus was transmitted.
He became a hero to AIDS activists, who chanted "Koop, Koop" at his appearances but booed other members of the administration.
Koop further angered conservatives by refusing to issue a report requested by the Reagan White House, saying he could not find enough scientific evidence to determine whether abortion has harmful psychological effects on women.
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He served as chairman of the National Safe Kids Campaign and as an adviser to President Bill Clinton's health care reform plan.
At a congressional hearing in 2007, Koop spoke about political pressure on the surgeon general post. He said Reagan was pressed to fire him every day, but Reagan would not interfere.
Worried that medicine had lost old-fashioned caring and personal relationships between doctors and patients, Koop opened an institute at Dartmouth to teach medical students basic values and ethics.
He also was a part-owner of a short-lived venture, drkoop.com, to provide consumer health care information via the Internet. It made its initial public offering of stock in 1999, but expenses outstripped revenue and it was out of business by the end of 2001.
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Koop was born in New York's borough of Brooklyn, the only son of a Manhattan banker and the nephew of a doctor. He said by age 5, he knew he wanted to be a surgeon, and at age 13, he practiced his skills on neighborhood cats.
He attended Dartmouth College, where he received nickname "Chick," short for "chicken Koop." It stuck for life.
He received his medical degree at Cornell Medical College, choosing pediatric surgery because so few surgeons practiced it.
In 1938, Koop married Elizabeth Flanagan, the daughter of a Connecticut doctor. They had four children — Allen, Norman, David and Elizabeth. David, their youngest son, was killed in a mountain-climbing accident when he was 20.
Koop was appointed surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia and he also served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
He pioneered surgery on newborns and successfully separated three sets of conjoined twins. He won national acclaim by reconstructing the chest of a baby born with the heart outside the body.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Stuffed Mushrooms
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Stuffed mushrooms are one of my favorite hot appetizers. I've collected an impressive assortment of recipes for them and, over time, you'll probably get to see them all. However, today I'm only going to feature one. I chose this one to serve over the weekend because it's so easy to do, and, when you're into day four of a long weekend, easy assumes an importance it might otherwise not have. I think the original recipe, found here, was developed by Giada De Laurentis, but I found another that is similar in an online book, called Almost Italian, which is a compilation of recipes and stories from Italian immigrant communities across America. Those of you who love Italian food might find the book really interesting. I know I did. I've changed the recipe slightly to avoid waste. I've included finely chopped mushroom stems in my stuffing and changed the herb mix a bit. I think the mushrooms help keep the stuffing, which can be dry, moist and I replaced the mint, which I found to be off-putting, with additional parsley. Here's my version of the recipe.
Stuffed Mushrooms...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Giada De Laurentis
28 large (2 1/2-inch-diameter) white mushrooms, stems removed and finely chopped
5 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided use
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1/2 cup Italian-style dried bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1) Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a frying pan. Add chopped mushroom stems and cook just until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 15 seconds longer. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
2) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
3) Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, bread crumbs, cheese, parsley and salt and pepper to taste to mushroom mixture in skillet. Mix with a spoon to blend.
4) Coat bottom of a large baking sheet with about 1 tablespoon olive oil. Spoon filling into the mushroom cavities and arrange on baking sheet, cavity side up. Drizzle remaining oil over filling in each mushroom. Bake until mushrooms are tender and filling is heated through and golden on top, about 25 minutes. Serve immediately. Yield: 7 servings.
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60 comments :
- Gloria Baker said...
Mary, these mushrooms look delicious!! I love them!, blessings, gloria
- November 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- StephenC said...
I guess the only thing I would do differently would be to used unseasoned bread crumbs and add my own herbs. This recipe is something I should do - maybe for our annual New Year's open house!
- November 29, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I'm a stuffed mushroom fan too. I agree with the elimination of mint. For me, it has a limited usage. Hope your Thanksgiving was delicious and the cleanup complete. Bring on the turkey sandwiches!
- November 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Alison Kilpatrick said...
Perfect to bring to a Christmas party this year! Do you think I could get away with this for a potluck dish? We have our annual potluck at work and don't have access to an oven. I wonder if I could get away with serving these at room temperature.
- November 29, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Quay Po Cooks said...
These mushrooms looks superb! Great snap too.
- November 29, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Cherine said...
These look wonderful and they definitely make a great appetizer!
- November 29, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Emily Z said...
These stuffed mushrooms look WONderful! They're torture, too, though, since I can't cook mushrooms in this household!
- November 29, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
What a gorgeous photo. I've always shied away from stuffed mushrooms thinking that they were complicated, but this looks easy enough that even I could do it! Good choice on the mint.
- November 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Katerina said...
Stuffed mushrooms are such a great appetizer. I love these ones, simple and full of taste are great as starters before the main course meal.
- November 29, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
adding the mushroom stems is a great idea... I hate wasting them, usually just save for a stock pot.
gret post!
- November 29, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Alison Kilpatrick said...
Thanks for the feedback you sent me!
- November 29, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Faith said...
Stuffed mushrooms are one of my favorite appetizers too, Mary! Your recipe looks wonderful! Hope you're having a great day, Mary!
- November 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Southerncook said...
I love stuffed mushrooms too as an app. and these look very good. I will try them very soon especially with the holidays upon us. Thank you Mary for sharing this recipe.
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- November 29, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Mrs K said...
Thanks so much Mary !!! I always admired this beautiful creation in the pictures,and drooled but never tried to make these,I thought it would be cumbersome.
The picture & the presenation here is Fantabulous.I actually went beyond and read the recipe and want to make it,I have bookmarked this recipe:) I would also eliminate mint,it does overpower the dish. Have a great day:)!!!
- November 29, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Kelly said...
Yum. I adore stuffed mushrooms. They are one of those classic appetizers that is always delicious.
- November 29, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Monet said...
I love so many of Giada's recipes, and I also love stuffed mushrooms. They are always a big hit whenever I serve them at dinner or at a party. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you have a wonderful Monday!
- November 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Flavia Galasso said...
Maryyyyyyyyyyy...I didn't know you say n: Italian style breadcrumbs, or Italian parsley.... thank you, through your blog I'm learning English!!!!!....so now I know that your white mushrooms are our "champignon" mushrooms.....!!!
Do you know??? Last Saturday I made my first muffins...ud
sing your Thanksgiving breakfast blueberry muffins....I used yougurt instead sour cream (I don't find it here)....they were too good...and today they are still fabulous!!!Thanksssssssssssss a loooooooooooooot , blessings...Flavia
P.S. of course...this week I'm going to post your muffins!!! :D
- November 29, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Unknown said...
My family loves stuffed mushrooms so I will be giving this recipe a try soon!
- November 29, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- aipi said...
Ooooh..these look so delicious! perfect party food!
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- November 29, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- PeggyR said...
Oh my I love stuffed mushrooms!
- November 29, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Marguerite said...
Love stuffed mushrooms and these look and sound fab! I can't wait to try them! Thanks for the great recipe!
- November 29, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Unknown said...
So delicious and I love the simplicity of the recipe you've adapted. A tray of these little beauties would demand respect for sure! :)
- November 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
These do look pretty easy. Phil loves stuffed mushrooms and when we go out to eat, he will order them as his whole meal even though they are an appetizer. I've never made any, shame on me! But I think I will try this, he will be tickled pink!! Thanks
- November 29, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Very inviting and droolworthy stuffed mushrooms..
- November 29, 2010 at 3:05 PM
- Diane said...
I can't believe that I have never cooked stuffed mushrooms as Nigel loves them. This has given me the kick I deserve so I had better get busy. Take care. Diane
- November 29, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Carol said...
Love stuffed mushrooms any which way! Yours look fabulous!
- November 29, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Eileen said...
Oh, I just love stuffed mushrooms! These look delicious. I was just in the process of sorting and arranging my file of recipes from blogs to print out; I'll have to add this one to the file.
- November 29, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Oh delicious!
- November 29, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- nanny said...
I love mushrooms....these look wonderful....
- November 29, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Pam said...
Simple and delicious - they look so good Mary.
- November 29, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- Jen_from_NJ said...
Your changes to include the mushroom stems and additional parsley instead of mint sound perfect. What a delicious appetizer!
- November 29, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- pam said...
Those have got to be the prettiest stuffed mushrooms ever.
- November 29, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Kim said...
I like stuffed veggies. These mushrooms sounds delicious. If there is parmesan in something, I'm in!
- November 29, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Yours are gorgeous. I love to make these.. i have a recipe that has pepperoni in it, i know it sounds wierd, but you should try it. Let me know ;)
- November 29, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Vittle me this... said...
these look really yummy!
- November 29, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- My Kitchen Antics said...
hi mary.,.i just ahve to say this, that picture made me drrol and what perfect lighting..
i have failed miserably at stuffing mushrooms before now im tempted to try them again.
have a fabulous week
- November 29, 2010 at 6:32 PM
- Chef Dennis Littley said...
there is something to be said for simplicity! those lovely mushrooms stuffed with seasoned bread crumbs, oh so light and delicate...sigh..
what a treat for the senses!
thank you for sharing them with us
- November 29, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Elin Chia said...
Mary, these stuffed mushrooms are my favourite and I am going to try this recipe of yours....mmmm I can feel the awesomeness just drooling at them now. You have managed to make me drool and salivates over them :))) I have bookmarked this !
Have a blessed day,
- November 29, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- Jeannie said...
That would make a great light lunch for me! I love mushrooms and these look just perfect!
- November 29, 2010 at 8:37 PM
- Velva said...
These are an easy to do appetizer. Love stuffed mushrooms.
I smiled at your comment about "day 4 of a long weekend" that was a perfect description of how I was feeling.
Happy belated Thanksgiving to you.
- November 29, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Leslie said...
mmm.I love me some stuffed mushrooms!
- November 29, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- Banana Wonder said...
Mmmmm I love anything mushrooms, but I haven't yet tried making stuffed mushrooms... I'm too impatient I think. I would have to start with the portabellas. I agree with you about the mint not going with the shrooms. Parsley all the way!
- November 29, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
Stuffing mushrooms with yummy fillings is awesome. I love it.
- November 30, 2010 at 12:01 AM
- Mary | Deep South Dish said...
Classic! Course I suppose you could pretty much stuff any kind of a mushroom with just about anything and I'd be happy!!
- November 30, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- cocoa and coconut said...
I think this is an all around crowd pleaser! My family and friends really like mushrooms, but now that you've dressed them up all fancy, I think they'd absolutely love them :)
- November 30, 2010 at 12:43 AM
- Unknown said...
stuffed mushrooms are one of my favourites as well. These look fantastic. :)
Have a great day Mary.
- November 30, 2010 at 5:02 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
They looks so lovely and perfect for a party:)
- November 30, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
They looks so lovely and perfect for a party:)
- November 30, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- fortu said...
Complimenti belli da vedere.
- November 30, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Unknown said...
I loved stuffed mushrooms!! Yours look absolutely delicious!
- November 30, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- High Plains Drifters said...
mushrooms inside mushrooms ... very cool idea. cheers!
- November 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Joanne said...
My parents make these for Thanksgiving appetizers every year and man are they delicious! I could probably eat that stuffing with a spoon.
- November 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Claudia said...
That's pretty close to my mother's recipe and I pop them like candy. These mushrooms are how myc children learned to love the little funghi! Your look prettier than mine... of course!
- November 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Beverly said...
Stuffed mushrooms are one of my favorite appetizers, too.
When we lived in Fort Lauderdale, we frequented one particular restaurant just to order there crab-stuffed mushrooms.♥♥♥
- November 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Dinetonite said...
That looks deelishuss! Will definitely be serving this at my next dinner party.
- November 30, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- ♥ Kathy said...
I bet my husband would love these!
- November 30, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- Valérie said...
I adore stuffed mushrooms! These look great!
- December 1, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- katrina said...
Oh, those look delicious!
- December 5, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Michele said...
This recipe is just like the one I grew up on! They look fantastic!
- December 28, 2010 at 2:14 PM
- Dreams of cakes said...
Delicious recipe! Mushrooms are always welcomed!!
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Ross received his Ph.D. in geosciences from Rhode Island University His thesis topic was on a class of marine lizards called mosasaurs. These animals lived more than one hundred million years ago and they went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, 65 million years ago. Ross is a Young Earth Creationist (YEC). He believes in the literal truth of the Bible. This includes a belief that all species were created in a 6 day week only 10,000 years ago. Ross is currently a Professor of Biology at Liberty University, run by Rev. Jerry Falwell, where he teaches a Christian version of Earth Science and a required course (CRST 290) on the History of Life.
An interdisciplinary study of the origin and history of life in the universe. Faculty of the Center for Creation Studies will draw from science, religion, history, and philosophy in presenting the evidence and arguments for creation and evolution. This course is required for all Liberty students. The video taped course is 3 semester hours credit.According to an article in the New York Times (Believing Scripture but Playing by Science's Rules) Ross did not discuss his YEC beliefs in his thesis, Instead, he wrote his thesis as though he believed in an Earth that was billions of years old and as though species evolved and went extinct over periods of millions of years. In other words, Ross did not tell the truth about his true "scientific" beliefs when he wrote his thesis. I assume that he also didn't discuss his true beliefs during the Ph.D. oral exam when his examining committee questioned him on his thesis work, including his interpretation and its implications.
What does the creationist community think of all this? Well, first of all they don't think that Ross was "deceptive" but they have a very peculiar definition of deceptive. The creationists admire Ross for not hiding his belief in a 10,000 year old Earth while getting a Ph.D. in geology. They see nothing wrong with "pretending" to be a scientist while attending a "secular" university. Here's how Sal Cordova puts in on Uncommon Descent.
For the pro-ID and creationist students out there, Ross shows how to make it through a Darwinist controlled secular institution. Ross was never deceptive about his beliefs, yet demonstrated he could accept Old Earth Darwinism as a working but falsifiable hypothesis. One has a better chance of overturning prevailing paradigms when one is well-versed in it. Accepting a wrong theory as a working hypothesis is no more a profession of faith than accepting the wrong idea that the square root of two is rational in order to prove it is irrational.Let's hear from Evelyn, a graduate student in geology who just happens to be working on dating technology for her thesis (Young Earth Creationists Are NOT Geologists).
Why else am I so worked up about "Dr." Ross and his Young Earth Creationist "geologist" friends? Currently, I date rocks for a living. In my free time, I try to date men, but mostly I'm dating rocks these days. More formally, I am a graduate student in training to become an argon-argon isotope geochronologist. Basically, I am learning how to use argon isotopes to determine dates for rocks.There are two issues here and it's best to separate them. First and foremost, should we give Ph.D. degrees in paleontology to students who say the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and life didn't evolve? In order to simplify the discussion, let's just consider a hypothetical honest Marcus Ross who tries to defend Young Earth Creationism in a thesis. We can imagine that the thesis will be largely devoted to refuting all of the evidence for an old Earth and for evolution.
I am learning that dating rocks and minerals is no easy task. For instance, this spring I am working on obtaining ten dates from a group of volcanic rocks from the Ninetyeast Ridge, a 5000 km long hotspot track in the Indian Ocean. I anticipate that my samples will range in age from about 40 million to 80 million years old. These ten age dates are going to require a solid three months of my time. Not just three months of ordinary, 9 to 5 labwork either. I am working 60+ hour weeks, and I'm also trying to do some homework now and then between samples. The past week has been particularly grueling as we (two of us– I'm working with the lab supervisor) are trying to prepare a group of samples to send off to the nuclear reactor we use to turn potassium into argon, an important step in the argon-argon dating process. For the past week, I've been working 14-15 hour days during the week. On the weekend, I took it easy… I worked for six hours on Saturday and for eleven hours on Sunday. Monday morning I was back at lab at 9 am, and I just returned home now (Tuesday) at 2 in the morning. Once we ship the samples off to the reactor next week, my schedule will relax again, and I'll only work 8 to 10 hour days.
I work very hard as a geochronologist. There are many people like me who work extremely hard to produce these dates of rocks and minerals. Theoretically, someone with a Ph.D in geology appreciates how difficult these dates are to obtain and understands the science behind the isotopic dating systems. I just don't understand how a well-educated geologist could be a Young Earth Creationist. I am angry because here is someone who is clearly NOT a very good geologist but who has GOOD geological credentials… and he's essentially trying to discredit what is swiftly becoming my life's work. I feel insulted, personally, by people like "Dr." Ross. I work hard, every day, to better understand the Earth. I work hard, very hard, to obtain concrete dates for my rocks. Having a Ph.D geologist tell me that Earth is only 6,000 years old is absurd and makes me very angry and also very, very sad.
Asked whether it was intellectually honest to write a dissertation so at odds with his religious views, he said: "I was working within a particular paradigm of earth history. I accepted that philosophy of science for the purpose of working with the people" at Rhode Island.
And though his dissertation repeatedly described events as occurring tens of millions of years ago, Dr. Ross added, "I did not imply or deny any endorsement of the dates."Ross is a Young Earth Creationist. Of that there's no doubt. He rejects all evidence that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old. He rejects evolution in favor of a six day spree of poofing species into existence. But an old Earth and evolution are scientific facts that form the core principles of biology and geology. All scientific concepts, ideas, and theories are based on those scientific facts. You can't make sense of biology for example, unless you understand and accept evolution. ("Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.")
If Ross rejects evolution and an old Earth then there's something seriously wrong with his science. He doesn't deserve to get the highest degree that a university has to offer. Why is that so hard for people to understand? If science isn't about scientific truth then what is science?
Part of the problem is that people make the common mistake of assuming that science is little more than doing a bunch of experiments and publishing the results in a thesis or a scientific paper. They seem to think that science is all about collecting data and little else. But science is much more than that. You also have to be able to interpret your results and put them into context. You have to formulate reasonable hypotheses, not just test them. In order to interpret your results you need to demonstrate that you understand and accept the basic concepts that have been worked out over many decades by the giants upon whose shoulders you wish to stand.
Of course there's no rule in science that says you must accept the current consensus. Quite the contrary. One of the requirements of good science is that you always question authority and try to keep an open mind. Skepticism goes hand-in-hand with curiosity. But, as the saying goes, your mind mustn't be so open that your brains fall out.
The defenders of kooks will always point to the men and women who led us in new directions and overthrew the reigning consensus. As scientists, we also revere these men and women. The trick is to distinguish the true revolutionaries from the true kooks. We all know the, mostly apocryphal, stories about how they laughed at Darwin. Wegener, and Einstein. We forget that they also laughed at Bozo the clown.
We encourage students, especially graduate students, to come up with new explanations of natural phenomena. Personally, I have a soft spot for students whose intelligence and curiosity leads then to question authority—I'm not as fond of students who simply memorize and regurgitate what's in the textbooks. Questioning is evidence of a working mind.
So, how do we resolve differences of opinion in an academic environment? How do we distinguish between a revolutionary and Bozo? The answer is we fight it out in the meeting rooms and the journals. The weapons are facts and rational thinking. If someone wants to question a scientific consensus then all they have to do is marshal the facts and evidence and present it to the scientific community in a rational and logical manner. If you are successful, then science advances another step and the scientist who came up with the idea gets lots of praise and kudos (and maybe a Nobel Prize).
Of course there's a downside. If you fail in your attempt then you may be branded as a kook unless you recognize that you fought the good fight and abandon your untenable idea. It is honorable to give up when your ideas are shot down. This sort of thing happens all the time. I've had many wonderful ideas that didn't pan out.
Dr. Fastovsky and other members of the Rhode Island faculty said they knew about these disagreements, but admitted him anyway. Dr. Boothroyd, who was among those who considered the application, said they judged Dr. Ross on his academic record, his test scores and his master's thesis, "and we said, 'O.K., we can do this.' "
... Dr. Fastovsky said he had talked to Dr. Ross "lots of times" about his religious beliefs, but that depriving him of his doctorate because of them would be nothing more than religious discrimination. "We are not here to certify his religious beliefs," he said. "All I can tell you is he came here and did science that was completely defensible."If a student writes a thesis that fails to convince the examining committee then the student fails or re-writes the thesis. This is a normal part of the process. You have to understand that by "failing to convince" I don't mean that the members of the Ph.D. oral committee are instantly converted to the student's way of thinking. What usually happens is that they are convinced that the thesis is a valid scientific idea even though they may not agree.
I don't think people understand this. The thesis and its defense are as much—perhaps more—about concepts and ideas than about data. If you use the world "belief" in this context then, yes, students can be failed for their "beliefs." (I prefer not to use "belief" since it's such a loaded word.) We don't flunk students because of their religious beliefs; we flunk them because their understanding of basic scientific concepts is flawed. If their science is motivated by their religion then that's just unfortunate coincidence. Students who believe in a 10,000 year old Earth should flunk a Ph.D. oral no matter how they came to believe such nonsense. They could be atheists.
What about the second issue that's mentioned above? The Ross case gets complicated because he did not do what any honest scientist should do and defend his "scientific" opinion in public. There's nothing in his thesis about Young Earth Creationism. However, his real views were well known because he had been consorting with Young Earth Creationists for some time. Ross even made a DVD attacking the fossil record. You can see part of it at The Cambrian Explosion, Lecture by Stephen Meyer and Marcus Ross. Incidentally, Marcus Ross comes across as a very well-spoken and knowledgeable young man in this video.
In this situation we have an example of someone who carefully hid his true belief from the thesis committee, or at least went out of his way to give them an excuse to avoid facing up to the main problem. This is deceptive and antithetical to how science is supposed to operate (see Some People Defend Lying for Jesus). It opens a whole other can of worms. While most of us would agree that openly advocating a young Earth in your thesis would be grounds for failure, we couldn't fail someone who effectively lied about his "scientific" opinion. We put our faith in honesty and scientific integrity whenever possible. It's the default assumption.
But here's the rub. Although there wasn't anything in his thesis about a 10,000 year old Earth it wasn't the case that his examining committee was completely ignorant of Ross' true views on paleontology. In fact, they were aware of the history. They knew Ross was a Young Earth Creationist when they admitted him to graduate school and they had no reason to suspect that he had changed his mind.
The bottom line is that faculty of Rhode Island University gave a Ph.D. degree in geology to someone they knew to be a "scientist" who believed that the Earth is only 10,000 years old. Furthermore, they gave a Ph.D. to someone who they knew was deliberately misrepresenting his "scientific" views in his thesis. They had every reason to suspect that this misrepresentation was for the sole purpose of getting the Ph.D. since Ross knew that by being honest about his rejection of a old Earth, he would not graduate. This is a double whammy since not only was Ross ignorant of the basic principles in his field but also ignorant of the principles of scientific integrity.


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The Battle for Gilneas is one of three new PvP battlegrounds introduced in Cataclysm. It is a relatively straightforward 10v10 resource match between the Horde and Alliance, set in the wonderfully gloomy atmosphere of Gilneas. There are three nodes to control – the Lighthouse (LH), Waterworks (WW), and Mine – and each node generates resources for your side. Each node has a flag you need to click and channel for a few seconds to capture. The more nodes you control, the faster your team gains resources. First team to 2000 resources wins.
If this sounds like a 10-man, 3-node Arathi Basin, well, that's because it is. This is a half-court AB, designed to be fast and engaging.
Let's take a look at the topology of the battleground.
If you haven't seen one of my topological maps before, I go into a lot more detail in their original post, but the general idea is to only present the logical flow between objectives. Large circles are capturable nodes, small filled in circles are graveyards, and colored circles are graveyards which do not change control. Squares are important locations, but non-capturable. Terrain is pretty much ignored.
Looking at the map, calling BfG "a half-court AB" isn't really a joke – it's the AB map cut in half, with the Blacksmith removed. The three nodes are arranged in a rough triangle, with the Overlook in the center. Capture two of the nodes and hold them to win. Any two will do.
The Overlook is one of the more interesting elements of the Battle for Gilneas. It has no flag, no resources – but you can see every single node from it. This is something that sets BfG apart from AB – the ability to actually see every flag from a single point. In AB, at least two nodes are always hidden from sight from the absolute best vantage points (Farm, Lumber Mill, Stables). Not so from the Overlook. There is a tactical advantage to holding this spot, though it comes at the cost of not fighting near a flag.
The flow of this battleground is, thankfully, very linear. You are fighting within a triangle to capture nodes at each point. In the center is a vantage point that lets you see what is going on, but ultimately you will shift your team around the triangle.
The terrain in this battleground is really well done. While the flow of the battle is deceptively simple, the terrain is varied and forces you to become acquainted with the numerous choke points and obstacles between each node. A river cuts through the southern part of the map, encircling the Waterworks, but is not a huge impediment. The area around the Overlook is full of gullies and ridges, perfect for funneling your opponents into traps and area of effect spells.
Like with any other battleground, I encourage you to just run around on the map and see what it's like. You can experience it without the thrill of combat using the new War Games feature.
I am absolutely serious about this: you want to win, fight at the flag.
I am amazed at how many people I see who have apparently forgotten how to fight at the flag in my short time in this battleground. The attackers let themselves get pushed away, intercepted before they ever come close to capping the node. The defenders let themselves get lured away down the road to the Overlook, until half the team is fighting over a piece of land that only has intelligence value, while the node gets capped behind them.
That kind of behavior doesn't fly in Arathi Basin, and it won't fly in Gilneas, either.
Get to know the terrain. If you're attacking, use the buildings around the various nodes to mask your approach. Approaching from the Water Works seems to have more cover than the Overlook. Get between the flag and the graveyard and force the defense away from the flag. Make it so the rezzing defenders have to go through you to get back to the node.
Defense, intercept them away from the flag, but then fall back and do not chase. Don't get caught up in the thrill of it all and let them sneak around to cap the undefended node.
Reinforcements arrive quickly in BfG, so call out incomings early, often, and as accurately as you can.
If this all sounds like the strategy for Arathi Basin, well, that's because it's the same strategy. First to 2000 points wins, after all! The smaller team and map size makes for some pretty intense fights around the flags, with everyone having to contribute to succeed. But it's basically the same game.
I like the Battle for Gilneas. It's taken many of the good qualities of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch and combined them into a fun game. It fills out the 10v10 bracket nicely, a nice addition to the smaller format that formerly was limited to Warsong Gulch. The rules are familiar, but the map is all different, which makes for an interesting and fun experience.
Just remember – fight at the flag!


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Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
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JS, "President Joseph Smith's Journal," Journal, 4 vols., Dec. 1842–June 1844; handwriting and signatures of ; 1,045 pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes shorthand and illustrations; also includes redactions, use marks, and archival stickers.kept "President Joseph Smith's Journal" in four small memorandum books. The paper in book 1 is blue, while the paper in books 2–4 is white. In the first two books, the paper was printed with seventeen blue lines and extra space for page headers, whereas the paper for book 3 was printed with nineteen blue lines and no header space. The first eight gatherings of paper for book 4 were printed with sixteen blue lines and header space, while the last nine gatherings were printed with nineteen blue lines and no header space. The four volumes have 147, 160, 142, and 190 free leaves, respectively, and were sewn with all-along sewing. The leaves in books 1–3 were trimmed to measure 6 × 3¾ inches (15 × 10 cm), while the paper in book 4 measures 6¼ × 3¾ inches (16 × 10 cm). Books 2–4 have matching red-speckled stain on the page edges. All four books were bound with a tight-back case binding and have brown leather over pasteboards. Books 1–3 measure 6¼ × 4 × ¾ inches (16 × 10 × 2 cm); book 4 measures 6⅜ × 4 × ¾ inches (16 × 10 × 2 cm). The outside covers of book 1 feature an embossed pattern around the borders. The cover of book 4 is red and features a gold pattern around the borders on the front and the back.inscribed most of the journal entries in these memorandum books with a quill pen in ink that is now brown, although he also used blue ink for several entries. The volumes also include inscriptions written in graphite, some of which are contemporaneous and some that are later redactions. Richards paginated the first 114 of the 285 inscribed pages in book 1—discounting the title page that precedes the pagination—and the first 20 of the 309 inscribed pages in book 2. There is no pagination in books 3–4. In book 2, pages 11, 17, and 20–21 feature illustrations of celestial observations.The memorandum books include later inscriptions that are not transcribed in this edition. At the end of book 2, added a list of -era plural marriages. A few revisions, additions, or notes are penciled in throughout the volumes. There are also several use marks throughout the volumes—probably made when the journal entries were later revised for inclusion in the "History of Joseph Smith" published in Mormon newspapers in the mid-nineteenth century. The spines of the volumes are now labeled with blue-colored paper stickers that probably date from the early Utah period. Each of the four volumes also bears the mark of a square sticker removed from the upper right-hand corner of the outside front cover. Finally, a "Historian's Office Archives" self-adhesive paper sticker appears in the front inside cover or on the first flyleaf of each book.identified himself as the scribe for the journal on the title pages of books 1 and 4. Because Richards kept the journals for JS and kept his own journal in the back of book 4 after JS's death, the books may have been among "Drs [Richards's] private books & Papers" listed in the 1846 inventory of church records made in , Illinois. The volumes are listed in inventories made in Salt Lake City, Utah, by the Church Historian's Office in 1855, 1858, and 1878, as well as in the 1973 register of the JS Collection. These archival records and the physical evidence of archival stickers indicate continuous institutional custody and authenticity.Note: The journal kept for JS is divided into four physical books. The transcript and annotation here are for book 4, covering 1 March through 22 June 1844. The transcript and annotation for the other three books are also available on this website; book 1 covers 21 December 1842 through 10 March 1843, book 2 covers 10 March through 14 July 1843, and book 3 covers 15 July 1843 through 29 February 1844.
This serialized history drew on the journals herein beginning with the 4 July 1855 issue of the Deseret News and with the 3 January 1857 issue of the LDS Millennial Star.
The labels on the spines of the four volumes read respectively as follows: "Joseph Smith's Journal—1842–3 by Willard Richards" (book 1); "Joseph Smith's Journal by W. Richards 1843" (book 2); "Joseph Smith's Journal by W. Richards 1843–4" (book 3); and "W. Richards' Journal 1844 Vol. 4" (book 4). Richards kept JS's journal in the front of book 4, and after JS's death Richards kept his own journal in the back of the volume.
"Schedule of Church Records, Nauvoo 1846," [1], Historian's Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian's Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
"Inventory. Historian's Office. 4th April 1855," [1]; "Contents of the Historian and Recorder's Office G. S. L. City July 1858," 2; "Index of Records and Journals in the Historian's Office 1878," [11]–[12], Historian's Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Johnson, Register of the Joseph Smith Collection, 7.
Historian's Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Johnson, Jeffery O. Register of the Joseph Smith Collection in the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
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Historical Introduction
took over the responsibility of keeping JS's journal from on 21 December 1842, the same day JS "made a particular request" that Richards "act as his private se[c]retary & historian." This was the second time Richards kept JS's journal; he had also kept it between 13 December 1841 and 29 June 1842 before leaving for , Massachusetts, to bring his family to , Illinois. During Richards's absence, Clayton kept JS's journal, inscribing entries, as Richards had done, in the large Book of the Law of the Lord, which also contained records of donations for the . Clayton continued keeping the journal—JS's first Nauvoo journal—even after Richards returned to Nauvoo on 30 October 1842, probably because, as temple recorder, Clayton was the custodian of the Book of the Law of the Lord. When Richards resumed keeping JS's journal on 21 December 1842, he began using a much smaller memorandum book. This second Nauvoo journal was kept by Richards through 22 June 1844 and eventually comprised four such memorandum books.Several pieces of evidence indicate that these four memorandum books were considered volumes of the same journal rather than separate journals themselves. For example, whereas JS's journals kept during the 1830s were recorded in bound books or notebooks labeled with different titles—such as "Sketch Book" or "The Scriptory Book"—the first and last of 's memorandum books bear virtually identical titles, with the fourth explicitly identified as "vol 4". Similarly, that books 2 and 3 lack titles suggests that each was simply a continuation of the previous book. This suggestion is made even stronger in book 2, in which the first entry commences at 4:00 p.m. on 10 March, with the events of the earlier part of the day recorded at the end of book 1. All four memorandum books are virtually the same size, and the bindings on the first three are similar.As with nearly all the entries in JS's previous and journals, JS neither wrote nor dictated the text of the entries in the memorandum books; they are based on 's observations. For example, the entry for 22 September 1843 records only that Richards "saw Joseph pass in a waggon with Hiram." Despite the secondhand nature of the entries, however, Richards, a close associate and frequent companion of JS, was able to capture in detail JS's words and actions on many occasions.The shift of 's office from temple recorder and scribe to JS's "private se[c]retary & historian," as well as the transfer of the journal out of the Book of the Law of the Lord, may have influenced what events Richards recorded in the memorandum books. At least some of the material Richards, as JS's private secretary, included in this journal—such as the detailed record of a medical malpractice suit over which JS presided—probably would have received much less emphasis had Richards, in the capacity of temple recorder and scribe, been keeping JS's journal in the book that also contained records of donations for the temple. Similarly, although the ledger-size Book of the Law of the Lord likely remained in the recorder's office and most journal entries were probably made there, each of the memorandum books was small enough that Richards could easily carry it with him, allowing him to record many of JS's activities closer to the actual event—both temporally and spatially—than was possible earlier.'s new title of historian was significant as well. On 1 December 1842, he began working on the "History of Joseph Smith" that was being serially published in the Times and Seasons, and by August 1843 he was drawing on JS's earlier journals for that history. Richards therefore likely expected that the contemporaneous journal entries he was keeping for JS would eventually be used as the basis for JS's history.employed various techniques in keeping the journal. For a few entries, he made lightly penciled notes and returned later with a quill pen to expand the entry. In other entries, the morning or afternoon portion of an entry was written in one ink and the evening portion of the entry in a different ink that matches that of the following entry. These changes in writing media and in other aspects of the inscribed text indicate that many entries—or parts of entries—were made on the very day of the events they described. The textual evidence in other entries indicates that they were written several days after the date they bear. Still other entries are a hybrid. Richards's notes of sermons and legal proceedings, for example, bear evidence of both contemporaneous inscription and later revision. In some instances, Richards left blank spaces and even blank lines, apparently intending to add details later. Hurried note taking often resulted in missing words, informal abbreviations, inconsistent spelling, and poorly formed characters. Richards revisited some difficult passages to mend or rewrite characters, revise spelling and punctuation, and add interlineations. Some of the blanks were filled while others were left standing. Richards's notes include both immediate emendations, such as wipe-erasures made while his ink was still wet, as well as later revisions, such as knife-erasures of words written in ink that had dried. The various ways in which Richards wrote and revised entries resulted in the journal's uneven texture but also contribute to its wealth of immediately recorded information and clarifying additions.Over time, settled somewhat into a pattern of generally recording the events of one day on one page—some pages largely empty and others filled with cramped writing—with weather reported at the bottom of the page. He made an entry for almost every day during the last year and a half of JS's life. The journal ended when JS left on 22 June 1844, five days before he was killed at the jailhouse at , Illinois. Richards accompanied JS to Carthage and, during the final days of JS's life, kept extensive notes of JS's activities in his personal journal.Note: The journal kept for JS is divided into four physical books. The transcript and annotation here are for book 4, covering 1 March through 22 June 1844. The transcript and annotation for the other three books are also available on this website; book 1 covers 21 December 1842 through 10 March 1843, book 2 covers 10 March through 14 July 1843, and book 3 covers 15 July 1843 through 29 February 1844.
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Historical Introduction to JS, Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842.
Source Note to JS, Journal, 1835–1836; Source Note to JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838.
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JS, Journal, 1 Dec. 1842 and 20 Jan. 1843; see also "History of Joseph Smith," Times and Seasons, 15 Mar. 1842, 3:726–728.
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I suppose after 20 years of running my company, I've developed the notion that for most jobs in this country you really can learn "on the job." I've also realized that the one thing you should never learn "on the job" is whether you are going to like the job, or whether you ultimately will want to keep that job. I think back over the years to the recent law school graduates I've hired who, after three years of law school and $100,000 in debt suddenly discover that they don't like practicing law. Seems like a waste.
Equally, I don't think anyone can jump from being a worker bee to being a chief executive officer of the United States. For a guy who supposedly practiced constitutional law, I got the feeling in 2008 that Obama didn't know what the president of the united states actually did. Even a quick reading of Jimmy Carters memoirs (which, by the way, are the best presidential memoirs ever written) should have given Obama the heads up that the job is not simply to be America's comforter in chief, but most of the time it is the same job as that performed by every chief executive officers–endless hours dealing with mind numbing accounting, endless hours spent resolving petty disputes between employees, endless hours minding the store in terms of knowing what your people are doing, all the while strategizing, marketing, long and pointless meetings, and client relations, all of which makes you wonder why there is only 24 hours in the day.
If you like to play golf, visit disaster scenes and comfort the bereaved, America has a great job. It's called "vice president," and it truly requires nothing but a beating heart.
Rick and I have spent endless hours discussing my dislike of Obama. My sense from 2008 on is that he wanted to be president, but he didn't know what the job entailed, he didn't know how to do the job, and he didn't know what he would do when he got it. Since 2008, he has demonstrated that he really enjoys the job of Vice President, but he shies away from the hard work that is the bane of a chief executive officer. its also clear that, like Reagan, he has allowed his fear of having no legacy, or leaving a Carteresque legacy, has driven him to conduct that is contradictory to his responsibilities. Like Reagan, he seems disassociated with the practice of government, the work of government, the challenges of government. Like Reagan, the net result has been an administration that, if rudderless, drifts without any attempt at control. I'm not sure what is worse–the notion that Obama knowingly committed high crimes and misdemeanors, or the idea that he has no idea what his government has been doing for the past five years.
The inevitable result of a rudderless administration is Iran/Contra, or the kind of sleaze that is starting to ooze out of the White House. Its the attempts at damage control in the past week that have become worrisome–that Obama is outraged at what is happening. That he didn't know what was happening. That what was happening wasn't so bad. Well, that's why Congress has an oversight role, and that's why that role is going to come to the forefront. Maybe the problem is that the job has become too big and too awful for anyone to actually do the job. What better reason for smaller government? Maybe the idea of power is now just more important than management of power. Maybe no one would be better. Maybe no one would be worse. Maybe we need to move toward a single six year term, so that every president does not become a lame duck in year five of a second term. But too many questions about the inner workings of this corrupt administration now exist for them to be ignored. The only people who seem surprised by the growing Obama scandals are those who were duped by him, and their growing clamor that maybe high crimes and misdemeanors are just "political" are, perhaps, now actually getting the point.


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Has anyone heard from User:Adi lately? Assuming they haven't forgotten the key, as of May 2020 NoiseTor appears to hold 5.90641865 bitcoin (worth between $50-60k USD at today's prices). Aside from this 2020 observation about bitcoin, this page hasn't been updated in years. See Noisebridge Tor/FAQ for more information. wrote to Adi today to ask about this. we are also still getting donations - lizzard
I also wrote Adi and Shannon (Former bookkeeper) trying to get an idea of what is going on. Will update here if I hear anything. - Paul_H
Making Donations[edit]
Visit http://tor.noisebridge.net to donate to the Noisebridge Tor Exit Node project.
The Noisebridge Tor Project is a group of Noisebridge members who want to create more Tor nodes. The goal of the project is to accept donations to Noisebridge for the purpose of paying for Tor nodes. We have the domain knowledge to deploy and run these servers, vendors who are interested in providing machines at very competitive prices, and donors who want to give money to a 501(c)3 for this purpose.
We considered running this project by accepting donations in the name of an individual or other non-Noisebridge legal entity. However, we know there are some donors (and we believe there are many more) who would like to give money to a known 501(c)3 which has an existing reputation in the community. By running this project as part of Noisebridge, the donors can be confident that the project is well-run; Noisebridge gains by furthering its founding principles of encouraging free anti-censorship communication technologies, and supporting research into privacy-enhancing and distributed technology.
We recognize that entering into financial relationships on behalf of Noisebridge carries some risk. The Noisebridge Tor project will only commit and spend money donated for the project, as documented below. The project will work in good faith to ensure that these financial relationships do not put the larger Noisebridge organization at financial risk or obligation.
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To ensure the project's continued smooth functioning, there must be people administering it. There may be additional people involved who are not on this list, but the people on this list agree to be ultimately responsible for the project.
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- Andy Isaacson (Evangelist, Tor Admin)
- Patrick O'Doherty (Tor Admin, Bookkeeper)
- Ben Kochie (Admin, Infrastructure)
- Leif Ryge (Evangelist, Tor Admin)
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Donating to Noisebridge Tor[edit]
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Since Paypal receipts are generally accepted as donation receipts for tax purposes, we anticipate that few if any donation receipt letters will be required. However, as is the case with all donations Noisebridge receives, the Treasurer will be responsible for providing donation receipt letters to any donors who request them.
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- Nobody has ever been sued for running a Tor node.
- In the EFF's opinion, running a Tor node is legal under US law.
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- The Project's volunteers will respond to complaints regarding traffic through our nodes. The primary method to do so is to educate complainants about how to deal with Internet abuse in general. We have several well-written documents which can easily be tailored for specific responses.
Law Enforcement[edit]
On a separate Noisebridge_Tor/FBI page.
Termination of the Project[edit]
This project was initially authorized by Noisebridge on August 2nd, 2011 for a term of six months. On January 17th, 2012, it was re-authorized for an additional six months, extending the authorization until August 2012. On June 6th, 2012 it was reauthorized indefinitely.
The Project Members may decide to suspend or terminate this project at any time. They may do so for any number of reasons, including financial considerations (e.g., the amount of incoming donations is not great enough to sustain it), if they simply feel the project has run its course, or if project functions are interfering with other functions of the greater Noisebridge organization.
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Update, 2022: Consensus was passed to donate the remaining funds (approx. 10K) back to Noisebridge itself.


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Brett Giles
Grad Student in Formal Methods at the University of Calgary.
Haskell Interests
Compilers: Currently make lots of use of Alex and Happy.
Currently working on a compiler and simulator for a quantum programming language, using Gtk2Hs as the visualization tool.
Haskell mode for XEmacs
I use Haskell mode for emacs on XEmacs. So far, on all the linux systems that I have tried it on (admittedly, only Ubuntu and Debian), there is a system function missing that interferes with automatic indenting. Secondly, there seems to be an issue with setting the haskell default face to nil.
To fix this, find where the haskell mode package is installed on your system. (Usually
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode). Edit the file
haskell-indent.el and add the lines:
(eval-and-compile ;; If `line-end-position' isn't available provide one. (unless (fboundp 'line-end-position) (defun line-end-position (&optional n) "Return the `point' of the end of the current line." (save-excursion (end-of-line n) (point)))))
right after the comments at the top. That should fix the issue.
This one shows up when typing in code (at various spots - most often when typing a qualified function, such as
To fix this one, edit the file
haskell-font-lock.el. Look for the line that says:
(defvar haskell-default-face nil)
and change this to
(defvar haskell-default-face 'default)
In my version, this is line 168.
Then, look for the line that says:
(,qvarid 0 haskell-default-face)
and change it to
(,qvarid 0 (symbol-value 'haskell-default-face))
For me, this is line 326 of the file. YMMV - hope this helps.
License of contributions
I hereby license all my contributions to this wiki, and the old hawiki, under the simple permissive license on HaskellWiki:Copyrights — BrettGiles 03:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


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State regulators on Monday celebrated the results of last week's first-ever auction of California greenhouse gas emission permits, declaring the long-awaited kickoff to the nation's first effort to put a price on carbon pollution a success.
The state did not disclose how many companies participated in the historic auction. But there were three times as many bidders than buyers, a sign that the business community is taking the new carbon market seriously. A ton of carbon sold for $10.09 at the auction, just slightly above the $10 floor price established by regulators, according to data released by the California Air Resources Board.
More important, all of the 23.1 million permits offered at the auction to cover 2013 emissions were purchased, raising $233 million and calming fears that the market would be under-subscribed.
The money will be funneled to residential customers of the state's utilities to offset higher electricity rates that are expected to result from the shift to clean energy. Under a proposal released Friday, California residents would twice a year get a "climate dividend" worth about $30.
While some speculated that the nation's biggest banks would jump into the new carbon market and buy up allowances, 97 percent of the allowances were purchased by "compliance entities," or companies that must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
"The first auction of carbon allowances was a success," said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the Air Resources Board, during a conference call with journalists. "This is an important milestone for our state. By putting a price on carbon, we know we are beginning the process of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels."
California's cap-and-trade program is the cornerstone of the state's landmark global warming law, known as AB 32, that was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. AB 32 includes a suite of regulations meant to dramatically reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases, including requiring utilities to obtain 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Under the program, the state sets an overall emissions "cap" for individual California companies that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. Those that reduce emissions below their cap can sell or trade their unused allowances to companies that exceed their limits. If the system works as designed, the most efficient companies will be financially rewarded, polluters will pay and greenhouse gases will be dramatically reduced.
An independent market monitor verified the results of last week's auction and found no evidence of collusion or manipulation in the bidding process, according to Nichols.
The Air Resources Board did not release a list of which companies participated in the auction and which stayed on the sidelines. But several of the state's largest entities, including Chevron, ConAgra, the Regents of the University of California and Valero were among the list of "qualified bidders," which meant they registered for the auction and were approved to participate. The bids themselves were sealed and will not be made public. Companies that did not participate could take part in future auctions.
"The auction itself was designed to be done on a confidential basis," said Nichols. "These are private decisions businesses are making: whether they will reduce emissions or purchase allowances."
The state also auctioned 39.5 million permits that cover 2015 emissions; of those only 5.6 million allowances were sold, all at $10 a ton. The $55 million raised goes into a new Air Pollution Control Fund.
Nathaniel Keohane, an economist and vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund, said the auction put California "on a low-carbon economy pathway" and was "a great success with no surprises."
Petroleum refiners, manufacturing companies and other industries have been outspoken opponents of the program, calling it an illegal tax that will hurt California's economic recovery. Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the cap-and-trade auction, arguing that the Air Resources Board exceeded the authority granted under AB 32.
"Our concern is not the price," Loren Kaye, president of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education, a think tank affiliated with the CalChamber, said Monday. "It's that the auction itself is a revenue raiser that was not authorized by the law."
But cleantech venture capitalists cheered the outcome. Rob Day of Black Coral Capital in Boston has been watching California's experiment closely.
"The price of carbon matters, but the price is going to change over time. It's more important to me to see that there was an appetite for these credits," Day said. "This is a robust market. It's real. It's not going away. California is pricing carbon, and companies are saying, 'I need to start paying attention to my carbon footprint.' "
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.
For more info on the cap-and-trade results, go to www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auction/november_2012/auction1_results_2012q4nov.pdf.